Nouns名词1.pptVIP

Lecture 5 Nouns Objectives 1. Students will be able to evaluate themselves by checking the assignment. 2. Students will be able to have a good command of nouns. Deal with assignment 3A (P31) 3B (P34-35) 3C (P37-38) Functions of Nouns 1. Subject 2. Subject Complement 3. Object 4. Attribute (man/woman) 5. Appositive 6. Adverbial Could you please cite examples? Collective Nouns 有的集体名词只作复数 people, police, cattle, vermin etc. 有的集体名词只作单数 mankind, furniture, machinery, merchandise etc. 有的集体名词可单可复 family, crew, government, etc. Collective Nouns 特殊情况: 有一些集体名词具有个体意义: The cosseted couple have four families to support. The family are eating lunch. The family is composed of three people. Before liberation, China used to have two governments for a while. The government is trying to curb online crimes. The government are negotiating the in-depth details with the foreign entrepreneur. Material Nouns 物质名词一般为不可数名词，没有单数、复数之分。 Could you cite an example? Material Nouns 特殊情况:物质名 词如果作为复数 出现，意义不同。 Material Nouns Abstract Nouns 抽象名词没有单复数之分，因为不能计数。 例如，Knowledge is power. Beauty is truth. Kindness is a virtue. Abstract Nouns 但是有的抽象名词使用单数和复数意义不同。 Abstract Nouns family, room, mouth, ear在某些搭配中可以表示抽象概念。 have too much family/winter/mouth have too little ear make room for feel the patriot rise Abstract Nouns man, coward, coquette, politician, sportsman, scholar, poet, fool等词在某些搭配中成了不可数名词。 to be fool enough more of a fool than less of a fool than as much of a fool as too much of a fool enough of a man something of a celebrity Proper Nouns 专有名词有时候具有可数名词来使用。 The Songs used to hold sway in China. I wish to become an Edison. I will buy a Ford/Lincoln. The Two Chinas Policy cannot be brooked by the Chinese population. Partitives 1. General Partitives 2. Partitives related to the shape of things 3. Partitives related to volume 4. Partitives related to the state of action 5. Partitives denoting pairs, groups, flocks etc. Turn to P49-50 for references Assignment 4B (P48) 4